I’m also not defending or promoting strong longtermism in my next book. I defend (non-strong) longtermism, and the definition I use is: “longtermism is the view that positively influencing the longterm future is among the key moral priorities of our time.” I agree with Toby on the analogy to environmentalism.
(The definition I use of strong longtermism is that it’s the view that positively influencing the longterm future is the moral priority of our time.)
Thanks Will—I apologize for mischaracterizing your views, and am very happy to see that I was misunderstanding your actual position. I have edited the post to clarify.
I’m especially happy about the clarification because I think there was at least a perception in the community that you and/or others do, in fact, endorse this position, and therefore that it is the “mainstream EA view,” albeit one which almost everyone I have spoken to about the issue in detail seems to disagree with.
I’m also not defending or promoting strong longtermism in my next book. I defend (non-strong) longtermism, and the definition I use is: “longtermism is the view that positively influencing the longterm future is among the key moral priorities of our time.” I agree with Toby on the analogy to environmentalism.
(The definition I use of strong longtermism is that it’s the view that positively influencing the longterm future is the moral priority of our time.)
Thanks Will—I apologize for mischaracterizing your views, and am very happy to see that I was misunderstanding your actual position. I have edited the post to clarify.
I’m especially happy about the clarification because I think there was at least a perception in the community that you and/or others do, in fact, endorse this position, and therefore that it is the “mainstream EA view,” albeit one which almost everyone I have spoken to about the issue in detail seems to disagree with.